Links for Final
Web Site Assignment
(Down to Hunt Questions)
The following list of links
is clearly not an exhaustive compilation of all of the available SETI material
on the Web. However, it should be plenty to get you started.
You are, of course, permitted to use links which are not on this list.
The simplistic explanations next to these links should be re-written to
provide more insightful information about the various sites.
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http://www.seti.org/general/history.html
This link involves the history of the various SETI projects.
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http://www.seti.org
This is one of the prime SETI sites.
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http://www.planetary.org/html/UPDATES/seti/seti-history.html
This is also a SETI history link from another organization.
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http://www.sciam.com/2000/0700issue/0700crawfordbox5.html
This site shows diagrams of the stars, radio, and civilization.
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http://www.bigear.org/
This is one of the world's largest radio telescopes.
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http://www.seti.inst.edu
This is the official site that deals with scientific and educational
programs that deal with SETI.
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http://www.seti-inst.edu/science/litu/ps.html
This is a site which explains the project "Exploration of Mars
and its Climate". The goal of this project is to analyze the atmosphere
of Mars and determine the duration of liquid habitats on Mars. The goal
is also to understand better the relationship between the physical and chemical
evolution of the solar system and the appearance of life.
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http://www.teamseti.org
This site involves high tech investigations of the cosmos for
signals from other civilizations.
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http://www.coseti.org
This is the Columbia Optical SETI Observatory which includes
a chance to personally chat with one of the members of this team.
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http://www.setileague.org
This is a non-profit organization which is supported by the
members that are devoted to SETI and also includes sound clips.
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http://www.seti.uws.edu.au
The Austrailian division of SETI; the work is carried out by
a number of independent groups.
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http://www.charityguide.org/fifteen/seti.htm
- A charity guide site that talks about SETI as another way to contribute
to charity. This direct link describes the SETI@home program, how
to download it, and what it does. The program basically picks up
any extraterrestrial signals when its in screen saver mode and can be used
by anyone with internet access and a home computer.
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http://www.thespaceplace.com/seti.html
- This site allows you to read about space history, get space memorabilia,
links to other space related sites, and link to download SETI@home.
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http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
- Is more about SETI at home.
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http://history.nasa.gov/seti.html
- This site shows some questions people have had about the universe
and what scientists’ finding. SETI has a close relationship with NASA.
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http://seti.harvard.edu/oseti/
- This site introduces the origin of the idea, its system of description,
some photos of electronics, other SETI’s project, and so on.
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http://capote.pharm.uky.edu/
A site dedicated to SETI enthusiasts. Includes discussions, newsgroups,
projects, observatories, and other information involving SETI.
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http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/research/seti
This link talks about the history of SETI. It also gives information
on Project Phoenix, current observations, as well as the drake equation.
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http://www.activemind.com/Mysterious/Topics/SETI
This is a link that provides a short history of SETI and small time
line. As well as links that provide you with more info on SETI.
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http://www.skzdalimit.com/
This is an amateur SETI site.
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http://www.accessnv.com/nids/articles/steve_dixk.html
This site tells us that we can learn from history and gives
a brief description and tells us the consquences of what happens if we
succeed in making contact with other life forms.
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http://www.seds.ca/Contest/Entries99/Entry52/contest/proj.html
Includes a discussion of various SETI projects and their history.
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http://www.bambi.net/
This is a site dedicated to Project Bambi. Project Bambi
is a radio telescope that is "SETI-capable." It describes the actual
project itself, observations, progress made, etc.
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http://www.spacedaily.com/seti.htm/
This site specializes in latest news on SETI as well as directing
you to other sites.
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http://www.planetary.org/html/links/#setism
- SETI links provided by planetary source.
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http://seti.ssl.berkeley.edu/serendip/
- Through this link you can learn about SERENDIP. This
program is dedicated to providing an answer to the age-old question "Are
we alone?"
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http://SkyandTelescope.com/resources/SETI/
- An astronomy site's got to have some information about SETI, and
this site for the magazine of the same name offers a lot of useful information.
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http://www.clays.net/seti
- This site provides the programs needed for running SETI@home.
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http://www.space.com/searchforlife/
- This site contains links to different articles and reports about
extraterrestrial life in the news. This site also has a lot of pictures
of space and of earth. You can also download screensavers or visit their
Space Store and buy Space related t-shirts, calenders, books, and more.
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http://pages.tca.net/roelof/setispy/
- SETI Spy is a program which "spies" on the progress and performance
of the SETI@home client. It is a software program made to be unobtrusive,
yet checks the performance of SETI@home.
Scavenger Hunt
Questions for Final Web Site Assignment
(Up to Links)
- What is the largest radio
telescope in the Southern Hemisphere?
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- Who is the host of the
weekly radio show of the SETI Institute- Are we Alone?
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- What Senator cut off
funding for NASA's project SETI, and in what year?
Answer
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- What does the acronym
SERENDIP stand for, and what is it?
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- Who is Paul Allen and
how is he important to SETI? Answer
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- Although Contact is a
movie linked to SETI, what other movie has introduced SETI to many people?
Answer
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- What is Project Ozma?
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- What year was the first
modern SETI article written and by who?
Answer
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- What are the two BAMBI
sites? Answer
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- Where was Frank Drake's
radio message sent to? Answer
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- Where were the 1950 Trent
Photos, a classic set of UFOs photos, taken?
Answer
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- Who was the oldest man
to go into orbit? Answer
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- Where is Area 51 located?
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- Why is Project Phoenix
different from other SETI projects?
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- What are the distinguishing
features of the Allen Telescope Array?
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- What does Seth Shostak
write about in his book "Sharing the Universe?"
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- How does Project Phoenix
relate to the movie "Contact"?
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- Where and when did the
first Astronaut-Rover (ASRO) Interaction field test take place?
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- What is the new name
for the One Hectare Telescope or 1hT?
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- In 1974, a binary code
message was beamed from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico heading
to galaxy M13. If an alien civilization received the message and
sent one back, in how many years would we receive it?
Answer
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- What is the name given
to the most promising signal ever received by SETI?
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- Who was the Oort cloud
named after? Answer
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- When an astronomer says
something is Type Ia, what is he/she referring to?
Answer
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- What is the closest galaxy
to the Milky Way? Answer
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- What does META stand
for? Answer
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- Where and when is the
Bioastronomy 2002 conference taking place?
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- Who wrote the article
"The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?"
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- What are common radio
frequencies used for SETI?
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- What is Project Argus?
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- What is Project Cyclops?
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- What was the total number
of members involved in the SETI@home effort by May 2000?
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- Find the fax number for
the office of SETI League. Answer
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- What is SETI Spy?
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- What does "evo-devo"
refer to? Answer
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- What topic does the famous
debate between Carl Sagan and Ernst Mayr concern?
Answer
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- Who is the Chief Executive
Officer of the SETI Institute?
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- Who was involved in a
SETI Project called "SUITCASE SETI" from 1981-82?
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- Where can you find a
picture and description of Dr. Frank Drake's 1974 Arecibo message?
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- Who first proposed the
optical approach to SETI using continuous wave laser beacons?
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- What is the name of an
on-line newsletter that provides information about SETI related stories?
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- What is the Drake Equation?
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- How you know that signals
are coming from an extraterrestrial source?
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- How does a radio telescope
collect radio waves? Answer
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- What is one of the advantages
of building the Allen Telescope as an array?
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- What is weak signal communication?
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- Why can’t NASA simply
send out a space craft to look for extraterrestrial life?
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- What project run by the
SETI institute of Mountain View, Cal. was the 1997 movie "Contact" loosely
based on? Answer
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- What four things does
it take to make a planet livable, according to current scientific theory?
Answer
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- What is the rate of star
formation in our galaxy? Answer
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- What are five current microwave
SETI projects? Answer
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- How much does an annual
membership to the Planetary Society cost for a student?
Answer
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- What is the EME?
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- Who heads up the amateur
SETI poject BAMBI?
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- What is the JBO in reference
to SETI?
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- How large is the Ohio State
Big Ear Radiotelescope?
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- What does IRASEB stand for?
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- How many users has SETI@Home
had in total in the United States?
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- What planet besides Earth
has been found to have microbes living on i
t? Answer
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- Who is the director of The
Columbus Optical SETI Observatory?
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